Burt Lancaster
Biography
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (45)
Airports
2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2010
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self (archive footage)
1996
La Classe américaine
as José (archive footage)
1993
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Separate But Equal
as John W. Davis
1991
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self - Narrator
1990
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
as Leon Klinghoffer
1990
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
as Self
1989
Field of Dreams
as Doc "Moonlight" Graham
1989
The Jeweller's Shop
as The Jeweller
1989
Rocket Gibraltar
as Levi Rockwell
1988
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
as Self - Host, Narrator
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
Control
as Dr. Herbert Monroe
1987
Barnum
as PT Barnum
1986
Tough Guys
as Harry Doyle
1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
as Self
1986
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Thanks (Crew)
1985
Little Treasure
as Delbert Teschmacher
1985
Scandal Sheet
as Harold Fallen
1985
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
as Self
1983
The Osterman Weekend
as Maxwell Danforth
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
Local Hero
as Felix Happer
1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
1982
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Race to Oblivion
as Self - Host / Narrator
1982
The Skin
as Generale Clark
1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bill Doolin
1981
Atlantic City
as Lou
1980
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Anthony Durnford
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
1979
